Quality and quantity of particulate organic Carbon in a coral reef at Tioman Island, Malaysia
The quality and quantity of particulate organic carbon (POC) were investigated in a fringing coral reef of Tioman Island, Malaysia to better understand the food sources for reef meso-zooplankton. Phytoplankton biomass in the water column was on average 0.22 (± 0.07) mg Chl-a m-3, of which picophytop...
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ukm-31382016-12-14T06:33:43Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3138/ Quality and quantity of particulate organic Carbon in a coral reef at Tioman Island, Malaysia Nakajima .R, Yoshida .T, Shibata .A, Othman .B.H.R, Toda .T, The quality and quantity of particulate organic carbon (POC) were investigated in a fringing coral reef of Tioman Island, Malaysia to better understand the food sources for reef meso-zooplankton. Phytoplankton biomass in the water column was on average 0.22 (± 0.07) mg Chl-a m-3, of which picophytoplankton was the most important (size <3 μm, 50-70% of the total Chl-a). The proportion of C biomass by phytoplankton and other plankton to particulate organic carbon (POC) was low (6% and 5%, respectively) and the major portion of POC was occupied by detritus (89%), suggesting that the diet of particle-feeding or suspension feeding meso-zooplankton would chiefly consist of detritus. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2011-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3138/1/07._R._Nakajima.pdf Nakajima .R, and Yoshida .T, and Shibata .A, and Othman .B.H.R, and Toda .T, (2011) Quality and quantity of particulate organic Carbon in a coral reef at Tioman Island, Malaysia. Sains Malaysiana, 40 (12). pp. 1375-1382. ISSN 0126-6039 http//:www.ukm.my/jsm/ |
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The quality and quantity of particulate organic carbon (POC) were investigated in a fringing coral reef of Tioman Island, Malaysia to better understand the food sources for reef meso-zooplankton. Phytoplankton biomass in the water column was on average 0.22 (± 0.07) mg Chl-a m-3, of which picophytoplankton was the most important (size <3 μm, 50-70% of the total Chl-a). The proportion of C biomass by phytoplankton and other plankton to particulate organic carbon (POC) was low (6% and 5%, respectively) and the major portion of POC was occupied by detritus (89%), suggesting that the diet of particle-feeding or suspension feeding meso-zooplankton would chiefly consist of detritus. |
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Quality and quantity of particulate organic Carbon in a coral reef at Tioman Island, Malaysia |
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Quality and quantity of particulate organic Carbon in a coral reef at Tioman Island, Malaysia |
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Quality and quantity of particulate organic Carbon in a coral reef at Tioman Island, Malaysia |
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Quality and quantity of particulate organic Carbon in a coral reef at Tioman Island, Malaysia |
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Quality and quantity of particulate organic Carbon in a coral reef at Tioman Island, Malaysia |
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quality and quantity of particulate organic carbon in a coral reef at tioman island, malaysia |
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